Columns
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Excessive Force
When civil disorder followed the fatal shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, it was fueled...
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Sectarian Scavengers
Amid war and plague, right-wing Americans export religious intolerance
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Blood on a Beach
“It’s terrible,” my lover Patrick says by phone from Brussels about anti-Israeli demonstrators holding signs that say, “Hitler was right.” As a native of Congo,...
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Culture Thieves
Diversity requires mutual respect, not jealous ranking of oppressions.
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Evangelism as Therapy
Encountering the Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg in the D.C. Council Chambers on June 27 took me back five years to our battles over the...
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When Rights Collide
Bridging divides of race, religion, and sex requires more than court cases
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A Call to Coalition
Defeating the right-wing backlash requires a revitalized liberal coalition
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In your face, with cake
Reactions to Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend on ESPN show his impact.
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A Next Generation Dream
And so but wow, what an amazing few years we’ve been through, right? That sounds a bit flip — well, more than a bit — but...
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Draw Your Weapon
A friend on Facebook last weekend posted a provocative meme by Ricky Gervais that said, “Blasphemy: a law to protect an all-powerful, supernatural deity from...
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An Amazing Journey
I’m not the man I used to be. If you look at a picture of me from 20 years ago, you’ll recognize me even though...
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Finding Hope at Youth Pride Day
In my early teenaged years as I navigated adolescence and high school, it was hard to imagine what my future would hold. Where would I...
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Ding-A-Lings of Spring
The rain of ridiculous ravings from America’s political right continued unabated as spring took hold. Let’s look at a few examples. Last week, Chelsea Clinton...
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A Thought for Food & Friends
Roughly 12 years ago, I was toiling on the floor of a pal’s dining room, constructing a banner. I’d just begun dating the man I’d...
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The ”Sore Winners” Fallacy
Several prominent gay writers deplored the furor that brought down Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla Corp. last week for supporting California’s anti-gay Proposition 8....
